A team at CU Boulder has made a curious state of matter in which particles move constantly—like a clock with hands and gears ...

A time crystal is a form of matter that shows continuous, repeating patterns over time, much like how atoms in a normal ...

Everything is born out of nothing,” said Ivan Smalyukh, a physicist at the University of Colorado Boulder. “All you do is shine a light, and this whole world of time crystals emerges.”. In a paper in ...

The global liquid crystal polymer market size was US$ 1.25 billion in 2021. The global liquid crystal polymer market size is forecast to reach US$ 2.49 billion by 2030, growing at a compound annual ...

For the first time, a time crystal has been built that can be directly seen by human eyes, rippling in an array of neon-hued ...

Liquid crystal technology has emerged as a versatile platform for developing reconfigurable microwave components and antennas. The intrinsic anisotropic properties of liquid crystals allow for rapid ...

Polymer-dispersed liquid crystals (PDLCs) represent an important new class of materials for optical device applications. Their valuable advantages such as low operating voltage, high contrast ratio, ...

Research has shown the potential of liquid crystal shells as enabling material for a vast array of future applications, ranging from autonomous driving to anti-counterfeiting technology and a new ...

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have received funding from the NASA/Earth Science Technology Office to evaluate a material called liquid crystal polymer (LCP) for electronics ...

AMHERST, Mass. – Contributing geometric and topological analyses of micro-materials, University of Massachusetts Amherst mathematician Robert Kusner aided experimental physicists at the University of ...

The first 3-D quantum liquid crystals may have applications in quantum computing, report scientists. Liquid crystals fall somewhere in between a liquid and a solid: they are made up of molecules that ...